mid-15c., "stubborn; hardened," from Latin obduratus "hardened," past participle of obdurare "be hard, hold out, persist, endure," from ob "against" (see ob-) + durare "harden, render hard," from durus "hard" (see endure). Related: Obdurately.
雙語例句
1. Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
政府的一些部門可能正在作出改變，但是其他部門卻執意維護現狀。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A third group were obdurate and still wanted to wait and see.
第三部分人則是頑固地還要等著看.
來自互聯網
3. The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart.
這個孩子的悲慘遭遇即使最冷酷的心腸也會為之動情.
來自互聯網
4. Even obdurate India has begun to look less of an outlier.
就連頑固的印度也開始表現得不那麽像一個局外人.
來自互聯網
5. Entrenched prejudices, obdurate opinions are as sterile as no opinionsall.